About GLF Climate 2021
Hosted digitally and in Glasgow alongside COP26, the GLF Climate 2021 hybrid conference made a unanimous call for ambitious, concrete action to stop the climate crisis.
Attended by 4,386 digital participants from 145 countries, along with 481 in-person participants at the University of Glasgow, the event featured 400 leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth, and government leaders.
Across 67 plenaries, interactive sessions, launches, and climate talks, GLF Climate: Forests, Food, Finance – Frontiers of Change explored the potential of three key climate solutions: forest restoration, resilient food systems, and sustainable finance. Messages spread on social media rallied 41.34 million people around concrete ways to address the climate emergency as quickly as possible.
About this session
The session takes a geographical focus on the Western Balkan region, showcasing biomass plantation pilot projects from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Serbia in collaboration with various national stakeholders (EPS, Mayor of Cestereg, and Subotica Landfill in Serbia; EPBiH in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Sustainable biomass production could enable Western Balkan states to justly transition from out of coal and increase the share of sustainable renewable energy sources into the energy mix. The panelists, including national and provincial authorities and private sector representatives, offer various viewpoints on the implementation of a transformational Green Agenda in the Western Balkans that integrates other renewable energy sources (such as wind, solar, geothermal) into the mix, for greater energy security.
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